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- Page 1 Chapter 5 Using Overlay Keyboards Introduction Choosing an Overlay Keyboard Further Information...
- Page 2 An overlay keyboard is a shallow rectangular plastic or metal box, usually A4 or A3 size, with a flat top surface. The overlay keyboard plugs into the computer and it is used to operate it in place of the computer keyboard.
- Page 3 Chapter 5 Using Overlay Keyboards Who Might Use an Overlay Keyboard? The main advantage of overlay keyboards is that dedicated overlays can be tailored to suit the individual user and a particular task, thereby simplifying and improving access and control. Their use is not confined to special needs: overlay keyboards are used as input devices for retail, stock control and automatic cash machines –...
- Page 4 Chapter 5 Using Overlay Keyboards Figure 5-4 Discover:Board Mouse control overlay Reading Difficulties Early readers/writers or users with specific learning difficulties can use overlay keyboards to produce whole or part words and phrases, with a single keypress. This allows a student to practice sentence formation without having to worry about the spelling of individual words.
- Page 5 5.2 Choosing an Overlay Keyboard Different keyboards are available in different sizes and with different features. Most keyboards need special software in which case you cannot consider the keyboard without also considering its accompanying software and the curriculum software that it needs to access. Software is discussed later on;...
- Page 6 Chapter 5 Using Overlay Keyboards • Concept Universal The Concept Universal has been developed from the original old blue Concept Keyboard. They are available in A4 or A3 size, with 256 keys. They are supplied with one connecting cable for the computer of your choice: you can buy extra cables for other computers separately.
- Page 7 IntelliKeys. Key Largo / Ke:nx Key Largo is an overlay keyboard for Macintosh. It needs a Ke:nx interface and software to work and the total cost of both is very high compared to other overlay keyboards. The keyboard is slightly larger than A4 and uses ‘US legal’...
- Page 8 • Keyboard Drivers & Editors. The keyboard driver software recognises when a key on the overlay keyboard is pressed and then inserts text, moves the mouse, or performs some other operation on the computer. (IntelliKeys is an exception – it plugs straight into the computer and can be used immediately.)
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• Auditory Feedback. The keys on an overlay keyboard do not move or click when pressed so there is little feedback that a key has actually been activated. Most keyboards or programs give an auditory beep to confirm when a key is pressed. - Page 10 But if you wanted an overlay keyboard to work with all programs on the Mac, and replace all the functions of the standard Macintosh keyboard and mouse, you might choose Intellikeys or...
- Page 11 Chapter 5 Using Overlay Keyboards has very limited features (it does not let you control the mouse pointer, for example). Discover:Board has a more sophisticated set of computer control functions than IntelliKeys, while IntelliKeys has better tools for designing overlays and associated activities (eg. IntelliPics & OverlayMaker).
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Chapter 5 Using Overlay Keyboards Web Sites Concept Keyboard Company site. Don Johnston Inc. http://www.donjohnston.com/ Johnston products. Inclusive Technology http://www.inclusive.co.uk/default.htm the range of alternative keyboards and pointing devices available. Intellitools http://www.intellitools.com/ Intellikeys. Suppliers AU Enterprises Ltd, 126 Great North Road, Hertfordshire AL9 5JZ, Tel 01707 266714 Concept Keyboard Company, 9 Murrills Estate, Portchester, Hampshire PO16 9RD Tel.